Combined cuspidor and rubbish-receptacle.



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NELSON ALUNZO PENNOYER, OF KENOSHA, WISOONSIN.

COMBINED CUSPIDOB AND RUBBISH-RECEPTACLE.

Application filed June 20, 1908.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1909.

Serial No. 439,541.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, NELSON ALONZO PEN- NOYER, a citizen of the United States, and a having the door, an oblong rectangular aperresident of Kenosha, in the county of Kcnosha and State of Vl isconsin, have invented a new and Improved (fombincd (Iuspidor and ltubbish l'leceptacle, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of my invention is to provide novel details of construction for a combined cus idor and rubbish receptacle, which ena bles the sai'iitary collection of s utum and rubbish separately, in public buildings, railway ears, or in public toilet-rooms, where doors or partitions of such places may be utilized for supporting the improvement eon. vcnicntly accessible for general use.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, as is hereinafter described and defined in the appemled claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side view of the device 1nount ed upon a door, a portion thereof being supported on the opposite side of the door; Fig. 2 is a vertical partly sectional edge view of a door, and a partly sectional side view of the combined cuspidor and rubbish holder mounted thereupon; Fig. 3 is an enlarged detached perspective view, showing the rubbish receptacle; Fig. 4 is an enlarged side view in part of a door or partition, and an enlarged perspective view of a cuspidor holder box, showing means for securing the cuspidor against removal therefrom, and also means for the connection of a rubbish rcceptaclc with the cuspidor holder box; Fig. 5 is an enlarged artly sectional plan view of the cuspidor ho lder box, and a top view of a cuspidor secured thereto; Fig. 6 is a partly sectional plan view of details taken substantially on the line 6-6 in Fig. 1, showing novel means for detachably securing the cuspidor hinged upon a supporting door or upright wall; and Fig. 7 is an enlarged side view of a portion of a door or wall, a portion of a cuspidor, and a separable, spring-actuated hinge which dctachablv connects the cuspidor with the door or wall.

In the drawings, 10 indicates a door that may be a closure for a doorway into a toiletroom, and is shown without a casement for the purpose of illustrating the application of i the im movement to a suitable support. in

a pane 10 of the door 10, and which is a proper distance above the floor of the room ture is formed transversely of the door, as best shown in Fig. 1, said aperture receiving a holder box that is a detail of the invention. The holder box is preferably formed of plate metal, having its body rendered semi-cylindrical as shown at 11, a top wall 11*, and a bottom wall 11 having their curved edges aliixed respectively upon the upper and lower edges of the body portion, thus disposing these flat walls parallel with each other, the bottom wall 11 having an aperture (L therein, the use of which will hereinafter appear. Upon the edges of the body and top and bottom walls, similar flanges I) are bent outwardly thereon at a right angle, and when the body portion 11 is inserted through the aperture in the panel 10*, said flanges will have a flat seated engagement with the surface of the panel whereon they are seen red by screws or other means.

The cuspidor 12 that loosely fits into the holder box or body 11., may have the conventional form shown. and is preferably rendered non-oxidating by plating the met a1 body thereof. A detachable connection is provided for the cuspidor with the door panel 10, preferably constructed as shown in the form of a hinge having detachable leaves c and c. On the leaves c, c pintle sleeves c 0 are res )ectively formed, that are loosely connected together by a pintle c the cylindrical body of which terminates at the normally upper end thereof in a ring c, said pintle being insertible down through the sleeves c 0 when they are axially alined, as represented in l igs. and 7. ()nc hinge leaf 0 that is provided with a central sleeve is secured upon the panel .10 with screws or the like, and the remaining leaf c which is marginally shaped to fit upon the exterior surface of the cuspidor 12 is thereon secured, so that the pair of pintle sleeves c will project far enough away from the cuspidor to permit them to be connected with the sleeve as is clearly shown in Fig. 7.

A coiled spring (1 mounted upon the pintle c, between the sleeves c 0 having considerable strength, is provided with integral extensions d at its ends, these extensions or arms respectively contacting with the hinge leaves 0 and c, the arm d that presses upon the hinge leaf 0 being thereon affixed, while the other arm is loose, but is adapted for pressure on the hinge leaf 0. The stress of the coiled spring d is exerted in a direction. that will serve to swing the euspidor 12 into the holder box, and for its use a handle ring 6, that is secured on the cuspidor atl'ords convenient. means for manually rocking it outwardly.

The cuspidor is designed for sanitary reasons to be periodically detached from the holder box and cleaned, and to prevent its unauthorized removal, a locking device is provided consisting of the following constructive details. A locking arm g formed of wire rod, is bent at a right angle near one end, thus producing a keeper limb g thereon, this limb in service being loosely inserted through a perforation in the panel 10, directly opposite the eye in the head ring on the pintle e. ()n the top wall ll. of the holder box, a lug la is secured at a proper distance from the side of the )anel 10, that is opposite from the one on which the flanges I: are secured, and as shown in i igs. 4. 5 and 7, the body of the arm 9' may be rocked down upon the top wall 11 between the lug 7t and anel it) after the end portion oi the keeper limb g has been inserted through the mug eye head r of the pintle c, which will obviously prevent a removal of the cuspidor until the locking member 9 of the arm g is re moved from the pintle. ()n the arm 9 at its remaining end, a lifting member g" is shown that enables the manipulation of the arm for its detachment from the lug It, and a subsequent removal of the keeper limb y from the E ring eye head 0".

The rubbish holder that is an attachment to the holder box wall I] is formed of plate metal, cut and bent so as to produce a receptacle having a semi-cylindrical wall 11), that has a Hat side wall 13 attached thereto and an impert'orate bottom wall 13" as shown in Fig. 3. The body or semi-eylindrical wall 13 projects above the flat side wall 13 so as to provide a curved flange at the free upper edge of said wall 13, and the relative curvatures of the holder box wall 11 and receptacle body 13, are such that the llanged up )er end of the l latter will i t closely a ainst the lower portion of the holder body w ien applied thereupon. In the tlat wall 13" two looking slots '1. are formed which will receive the heads of two locking studs '5, that project from the panel 11), below the holder box body 11. A handle H is secured on the receptacle body 13, as shown in Figs. 2 and 25, which enables the manual adjustment of the receptacle for the interlocked engagement of the studs t, with l the slots i, which may be readily effected by engaging the longed end of the receptacle 13 i with the holder box body 1 1 at a point which will dispose the slots '2'. opposite the studs 1', and then sliding the receptacle downward, l

which will engage the heads of the studs with narrow portions of the slots, and secure the. receptacle in position below the holder box upon the panel At a suitable )oint below the holder box, an angle iron shell 15 is secured, which allords a seat for the receptacle when the latter is in position for service, and serves to support the receptacle and its contents. it will be seen that when the receptacle. 13 is in position for service as herein before described, the )erture a in the bottom wall I i of the hol er box will altord a mouth for the insertion. of rubbish down into the receptacle, the outward swinging movement of the euspidor 12 permitting access to the aperture.

()bviouslv the receptacle for rubbish may be removed at will for emptying out its contents, and serves a useful purpose in that it is always ready for reception of dry refuse. such as torn paper bits, or shells ol nuts and the like, that are thrown on seats and the lloor of public places. The provision of the cuspidor and its location, insures its frequent cleaning, as otherwise it would become a noticeable nuisance, and it would take the place of the cuspidors that are placed on the lloor where they become unsightly and disease spreading vessels, owing to a want of proper attention.

llaving described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1 "lhc combination with a door having an aperture therein, oi a holder box having a flanged edge for engaging the door around the aperture, said box being open to register with the aperture, and having an opening through the bottom thereot', a cuspidor hinged to the door to swing into and out of the holder box, a rubbish holder having an open to detachably connected with. the door below the holder box, and having the opening in its to registering with the opening of the holder box, and means for detz'ichably connecting the cuspidor to the door.

2. The combination with a door having an aperture therein, of a holder box having a flanged edge for engaging the door around the aperture, said box being open to register with the aperture, and having an opening through the bottom thereof, a cuspidor hinged to the door to swing into and out of the holder box, and a rubbish holder having an open top detachably connected with the door below the holder box, and having the opening in its top registering with the opening or the holder box.

in testimony whereol' l: have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

NELSON ALONZU PENNUYEQR.

Witnesses:

A. HUnsoN. 

